Eritema Nodoso Leproso: Reporte de un caso pediátrico tratado exitosamente con talidomida

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Natalia Delgado
Jalil Rashid Forero
Pilar Pérez
Rolando Rios
Doris M. Salgado
Andres Felipe Romero

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Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 10 años quien consulta a urgencias por presentar fiebre prolongada, múltiples lesiones nodulares en piel y reporte de paraclínicos que confirmaban lepra. Como complicación, presenta una reacción leprosa tipo 2 que no respondió de manera adecuada a esteroides sistémicos, por lo cual usamos talidomida, un medicamento poco usado en niños, pero con el cual logramos controlar la respuesta inflamatoria.

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